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countay Cuba ‘ REPORT NO. C$ CF 316/00643-64

' susigcr. Guillermo ARASTAGUIA DATE DISTR. 11 August 1964
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REFERENCES CSCI-3/779 ,803
CS-311/00115-64

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: INFO. 1964
: piace g. Washington, D. C.
DATs ACQ August 1964 FIELD REPORT NO,
TES 1S UNSVALUATED INFORMATION, SOURCE CAADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT [S$ TENTATIVE,

source. 4 former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban Intelligence
Service until April 1964. ; /

Headquarters Comments

The following report is one of a series containing personality
information provided by the source and includes supplemental
information from the records of this Agency.

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It is requested that the addressees take no action on any of
the individuals mentioned in the personality reports without
: first checking with this Agency. .

1. Guillewmo ARASTAGUIA, pseudoaynm "Rene," is tho chief of the ,

_ Dopartment of Technicul Operatiozal Support (MI) ia the
ic Direccion General de Inrelizseneia (General Directorate of RETURN TO CIA
{ . Intelligence - DGI). Me was forserly the secretary of Background Use Only
: Reaniro VALDES in the Departanente de Seguridad del Estado t

(Department of State Security ~ DSE), but ARASTAGUIA was a 4 Do Not Reprouuce

follower of-Anibat ESCALANTS and because of a problea

concerning ESCALANTE and because ARASTAGUIA was believed to

ba a homosexual, VALDES transferred him to the DGI. ARASTAGUIA

went to the Youth Festival in Helsinki as a representative

of the DGI and has traveled to Moscow three times.

2. AZASTA.GUIA was born in 1954, is about five feet seven inches
in height, has blond hair and green eyes. He is fat, has a
Chin that juts out, lips that are somewhat sunken,, saga has a
, rather high pitched voice and seems effeminate, 125

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‘ 1. A report dated 6 October 1960, fron an fofficial nteorean])
source, provided a list or “Cuban Communists. ne Guillermo
ARRASTIA, aka “Rene," possibly identical with Guillefno

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ARRASTIA was reported to have the confidence

execuiive, in G-2.
oft Kaul CASTRO and Ramiro VALDES; and he was VALDES' righthand
man in G-2. . : :

an official roster listing the military staff personnel comprising
the intelligence Departmont, G-2, of tho Cuban itinistry of the
armed Forces (iINFAR) was received by a representative of this
agency from an untested source in a report duted 1 March 1961.
Included on this list was one First Licutenant Guillerno |

ASRASTIA Fundora, possibly identical with Guillermo ARRASTAGUIA.

In a report dated 28 October 1962, a list of identified and
Suspected Cuban intelligence officers way included, the list was
received fron an fofficial liaison servicd 24 One First

‘Lieutenant Guillermo ARRATIA (or ARRASTIA) Fundora was included

on the list and described as an idontified intelligence officer
on the G-2 Headquarters staff.

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